Oscar Wilde Quotes
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But we never get back our youth… The pulse of joy that beats in us at twenty becomes sluggish. Our limbs fail, our senses rot. We degenerate into hideous puppets, haunted by the memory of the passions of which we were too much afraid, and the exquisite temptations that we had not the courage to yield to.
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Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.
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We are the zanies of sorrow. We are clowns whose hearts are broken.
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I could never quite accustom myself to absinthe, but it suits my style so well.
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Just because a man has died for it, does not make it true.
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It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is absolutely fatal.
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Millionaire models are rare enough; but, by Jove, model millionaires are rarer still!
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The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
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I could deny it if I liked. I could deny anything if I liked.
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If Nature had been comfortable, mankind would never have invented architecture...In a house, we all feel of the proper proportions. Everything is subordinated to us, fashioned for our use and our pleasure.
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There was purification in punishment. Not 'Forgive us our sins,' but 'Smite us for our iniquities' should be the prayer of a man to a most just God.
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The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly deceived.
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They are always asking a writer why he does not write like somebody else, or a painter why he does not paint like somebody else, quite oblivious of the fact that if either of them did anything of the kind he would cease to be an artist.
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Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.
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As for omens, there is no such thing as an omen. Destiny does not send us heralds. She is too wise or too cruel for that.
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Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
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Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If the cave-man had known how to laugh, History would have been different.
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No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.
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When we are happy we are always good, but when we are good we are not always happy.
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There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written.
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Alone, and without any reference to his neighbours, without any interference, the artist can fashion a beautiful thing; and if he does not do it solely for his own pleasure, he is not an artist at all.
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If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world.
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Self-denial is the shining sore on the leprous body of Christianity.
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My philosophy? I'm always right and you are wrong.